A PR executive asked me this week, “… is streaming is considered broadcast…?” At first I was taken aback at getting such a question from an industry person. My response was “You bet!” I then asked myself, why that would even be a question.

Now that AV1 has entered the market, it’s a perfect time to review the future of video streaming. With Apple joining the Alliance for Open Media (AOM) in January 2018, practically all major tech leaders are on board and AV1 looks to be in good shape for becoming a widespread standard in the near future.

But let’s not sign the death warrant for HEVC so hastily. HEVC is delivering on its promise of halving bitrates and quality pictures while AV1 is barely out of the lab. The gloves may be off, so this article weighs the benefits and the negatives of HEVC and its ‘royalty free’ alternative before the bell rings for round 1.

It has been over ten years since the first video-capable DSLR cameras hit the market. Not only did the new generation of smaller video cameras turn the video production on its head, but it propelled a decade of innovation of high-quality audio for these small cameras.

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The technology used to create deepfake videos is evolving very rapidly. Is the technology used to detect them keeping pace and are there other approaches broadcast newsrooms can use to protect themselves? …

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